Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks to members of the media at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the Queens borough of New York, Nov. 5, 2025. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Mamdani reiterated his desire to arrest Netanyahu last week before meeting with President Donald Trump. He told local news station ABC7 that New York City was a "city of international law," that would uphold the court’s arrest warrants, which accused the Israeli prime minister of intentionally attacking civilians and using starvation as a method of warfare.
"I’ve said time and again that I believe this is a city of international law, and being a city of international law means looking to uphold international law," he said. "And that means upholding the warrants from the International Criminal Court, whether they’re for Benjamin Netanyahu or Vladimir Putin."
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Last year, the ICC issued a warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's arrest. (Israeli Government Press Office via AP)
His legislation would halt any Department of Justice (DOJ) grants from flowing to any city that cooperates with the court and arrests a NATO or U.S. major non-NATO ally.
There is an override mechanism built in that would allow the president to end the penalty only if cooperation with the court is deemed necessary for national security.
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Meanwhile, the issue of Netanyahu apparently did not come up during Trump and Mamdani’s confab. When asked if there was discussion of stopping Mamdani from arresting Netanyahu, Trump said the pair, "Didn’t discuss" the matter.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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